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The Work of the Sun - Literature, Science, and Political Economy, 1760-1860 (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
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The Work of the Sun - Literature, Science, and Political Economy, 1760-1860 (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
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At the end of the Eighteenth century, British writers began to
celebrate work in a strangely indirect way. Instead of describing
diligence as an attribute of character, poets and novelists
increasingly identified work with impersonal 'energies' akin to
natural force. Chemists traced mental and muscular work back to its
source in sunlight, giving rise to the claim (beloved by
Nineteenth-century journalists) that 'all the labour done under the
sun is really done by it'. The Work of The Sun traces the emergence
of this model of work, exploring its sources in middle-class
consciousness and its implications for British literature and
science.
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